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Statecraft Over Politics
20 Dec 2025 12:11 AM ISTAs India looks to 2047, Sardar Patel’s vision of a neutral, ethical civil service offers vital lessons for rebuilding the steel frame of governance
An unequal world
20 Dec 2025 12:09 AM ISTThe World Inequality Report comes at the right time to jolt us back to the sordid reality of how wealth is concentrated in a few hands
A Centennial Obituary
19 Dec 2025 12:42 AM ISTAt its centenary, Indian communism appears ideologically exhausted, culturally disconnected and politically irrelevant, weighed down by historical...
Dirty Underside of Green Transition
19 Dec 2025 12:04 AM ISTAs the world debates carbon emissions at climate summits, toxic pollution from critical minerals, hazardous air and contaminated water is quietly...
Silent Struggles Growing Louder
19 Dec 2025 12:01 AM ISTAddiction, anxiety, loneliness and pressure to “succeed” are reshaping youth life in India, turning phones, parties and classrooms into quiet...
The Cost of Monopoly
18 Dec 2025 11:59 PM ISTFlight cancellations, delayed refunds and passenger distress revealed how weak regulation and market dominance erode consumer rights, turning a...
Vijay and the Quiet Rebellion
18 Dec 2025 11:58 PM ISTVijay’s political entry has unsettled Tamil Nadu’s entrenched parties, tapping youth discontent with corruption, divisive politics and rising costs of...
Water Leadership from Institutions
18 Dec 2025 12:38 AM ISTAs groundwater levels plunge and urban flooding worsens, a rainwater harvesting initiative across police stations shows how local institutions can...
The Thoothukudi Fallout
18 Dec 2025 12:35 AM ISTShutdown of the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi shows how closure without regulatory reform deepens economic distress, weakens strategic autonomy...
Air Pollution’s Silent Toll
18 Dec 2025 12:32 AM ISTDelhi’s air crisis has become a year-round disease multiplier, raising hospital loads, costs and deaths—and it demands prevention-first governance,...
SEZs Beyond Cities
18 Dec 2025 12:31 AM ISTExpanding Special Economic Zones into remote India can boost exports, jobs and infrastructure while reducing migration and ensuring more balanced...
Towards Balanced Cigarette Taxation
17 Dec 2025 12:17 AM ISTAs the compensation cess nears its end, India’s debate on cigarette taxation must balance revenue, health goals and enforcement realities—drawing on...
CM Yadav details MP’s transition from extremism-free state to...
15 Dec 2025 1:08 AM ISTAllies in a Flux
14 Dec 2025 1:38 AM ISTChina’s Car Invasion
14 Dec 2025 1:36 AM ISTHow Algorithms Feed the Fire
14 Dec 2025 1:33 AM ISTMartyrs, Mahatma and Media
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Dense fog blankets Delhi with AQI on brink of ‘severe’ at 384
20 Dec 2025 9:45 AM ISTInqilab leader Hadi to be buried in Dhaka today, citizen organisations...
20 Dec 2025 9:30 AM ISTProtesters vandalise Prothom Alo office; Newspaper fails to publish...
20 Dec 2025 9:15 AM ISTSIR: Tamil Nadu and Gujarat remove 1.71 crore names in draft voter...
20 Dec 2025 1:46 AM ISTLiberty not State’s gift but obligation, passport authority can’t seek...
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